2026 Recruiting

[UNDBIZ]

6'5" 210# LB out of Iowa. Also offered by Drake. 

 

[iramurphy]

On 10/16/2025 at 1:24 PM, geaux_sioux said:

Love the JUCO targets. Again, to further beat the dead horse, the Beaver boys will go where they want. 

I asked their teammate, who was here on a recruiting visit this month. I mentioned that they were still posting about other offers. He said both are still excited about their commitment here. 
If you watch their highlight films, you shouldn’t be surprised they are getting FBS offers. I’m surprised they haven’t had solid offers from some higher level FBS teams. They have great footwork and are quick off the ball. Could probably play OL/DL at our level. Great commits if we can keep them. 
NIL is the unknown factor. In our favor, they loved their visit here, they both have an offer here, and they have former teammates already here and their Jr HS QB had a great visit here. 
A Big 10 or Big 12 offer with $25,000 NIL would make it tough to keep them. 
In today’s climate, some of these guys need to be sold on the idea of coming here for 3 Yrs and then, if good enough, move on to the next level for $6 figures. 
 

[gfhockey]

Why can’t we give them $25k jtj got $50k

[GoodGood]

2 minutes ago, gfhockey said:

Why can’t we give them $25k jtj got $50k

JTJ will be off the salary cap next year 

[shep]

1 hour ago, gfhockey said:

Why can’t we give them $25k jtj got $50k

Not all of us has your income stream

[fightingsioux4life]

1 hour ago, iramurphy said:

I asked their teammate, who was here on a recruiting visit this month. I mentioned that they were still posting about other offers. He said both are still excited about their commitment here. 
If you watch their highlight films, you shouldn’t be surprised they are getting FBS offers. I’m surprised they haven’t had solid offers from some higher level FBS teams. They have great footwork and are quick off the ball. Could probably play OL/DL at our level. Great commits if we can keep them. 
NIL is the unknown factor. In our favor, they loved their visit here, they both have an offer here, and they have former teammates already here and their Jr HS QB had a great visit here. 
A Big 10 or Big 12 offer with $25,000 NIL would make it tough to keep them. 
In today’s climate, some of these guys need to be sold on the idea of coming here for 3 Yrs and then, if good enough, move on to the next level for $6 figures. 

As long as we don't lose them to NDSU-CKS or another FCS program, I could swallow it. But if it comes down to UND or Miami (OH), I like our chances. Miami's FB program may be worse than their hockey program and that's saying something.

[AJS]

9 minutes ago, fightingsioux4life said:

As long as we don't lose them to NDSU-CKS or another FCS program, I could swallow it. But if it comes down to UND or Miami (OH), I like our chances. Miami's FB program may be worse than their hockey program and that's saying something.

The days of losing committed recruits to other FCS programs is over. I know it didn’t happen often but there’s zero worries of that. They won’t lose them to G6 programs either. 

[UND Football Fan]

https://x.com/810varsity/status/1957583707914535381/mediaViewer?currentTweet=1957583707914535381&currentTweetUser=810varsity

saw this clip a while back. Good size dudes.

[iramurphy]

5 hours ago, gfhockey said:

Why can’t we give them $25k jtj got $50k

Probably because they didn’t give $50,000 to JTJ either. 
 

[sioux24/7]

Wonder if we should pay attention to this one. He is “committed” to Northern Illinois but did just follow my account, which I always find interesting. 

[Hambone]

 

[Hambone]

 

[Hambone]

Looks like we got a new commitment over the weekend if I’m reading this right.

[Hambone]

https://x.com/nsmilburn27/status/1987659862172475410?s=20

[bubbaball69]

On 11/9/2025 at 5:48 PM, Hambone said:

https://x.com/nsmilburn27/status/1987659862172475410?s=20

Nice to see some size in our commitment pool, now hopefully they continue to develop cause we need a #1 receiver bad.

[gundy1124]

On 10/17/2025 at 7:38 PM, UNDBIZ said:

6'5" 210# LB out of Iowa. Also offered by Drake. 

 

What does an offer from Drake look like?  They must use Academic Scholarships because I doubt they lead with, "Come play here and pay $53,000 per year??"

[sioux24/7]

Someone to keep an eye on. 

[Sioux95]

11 hours ago, gundy1124 said:

What does an offer from Drake look like?  They must use Academic Scholarships because I doubt they lead with, "Come play here and pay $53,000 per year??"

They offer scholarships based on financial need.  As in the football team has a financial need for a good quarterback.

[Siouxperman8]

27 minutes ago, sioux24/7 said:

Someone to keep an eye on. 

There was a young man with recruit lanyard from Dallas area up for the game last weekend.  Maybe him.
He and his father were near us for the Hawk Walk and he took a bunch of videos of it.  We tried to convince them that it’s usually 75 and sunny in Nov in GF and they had a good laugh but didn’t buy it.